Friday, March 21, 2014

Cynsational News

How I Got Into Publishing by Simon & Schuster Editor Zareen Jaffery from CBC Diversity. Peek: "What people don’t tell you about publishing is that more than half your job requires being social—this is an industry based on relationships. Those 'connections' I had been afraid of before I started my career were more about having people vouch for your work ethic than about nepotism."

Seasonal Writing Disorder by Lydia Sharp from Writer Unboxed. Peek: "I am a victim of the earth’s annual weather cycle in the region that I live. It’s called seasonal affective disorder, and it pretty much rules my writing process. Does this mean I am not a professional writer? No. It means I have a mental circumstance to work around."

Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out: An Interview with Susan Kuklin by E.M. Kokie from The Pirate Tree: Social Justice and Children's Literature. Peek: "...she’d tell her client about the book and about me. If they were interested, she gave them my contact information. From that point on the relationship was between the teenager and me. Everyone who called was included in the book. No one was rejected. This process – from the first queries to the first participant’s phone call – took close to a year." See also part two.

Conflict Resolution: Upside Down by Eileen Cook from Adventures in YA Publishing. Peek: "Common feedback from editors or agents is that the story is missing enough conflict. So how do you increase it? The same techniques I use for counseling can be used in fiction, only instead of reducing conflict, they can provide a springboard to take your conflict to the next level."

2014 Spur Awards

From the Western Writers of America: "given for works whose inspiration, image, and literary excellence best represent the reality and spirit of the American West."

My revision of Feral Pride (Book 3 in the Feral series) continues! It's going well, but time is short and I have events coming up. Though mid April or so, I will be re-posting some of the best articles from Cynsations' past, along with roundups and breaking news.

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New York Times & Publishers Weekly best-selling, award-winning author the Tantalize series, the Feral series and other critically acclaimed fiction for young readers. MFA Faculty, Vermont College of Fine Arts. Board member, We Need Diverse Books. Ohonvyetv!